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In just one month, the United States has shifted from its historic (post WWII) role as the de facto leader of the free world to become a mouthpiece for dictators. It has shifted from defending the right of self-determination to advocating a "might makes right" international order.

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With Trump and RFK Jr. in charge, we are moving from the era of Pax Americana to that of Pox Americana.

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Elon Musk's DOGE just fired 300 National Nuclear Safety Administration without first even checking to see what they do. They keep nuclear weapons safe, not just from foreign attacks but also safe as in not exploding prematurely and wiping out American cities. We live in an Idiocracy.

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Musk's DOGE minions have posted SECRET/NOFORN information from the National Reconnaissance Office (one of the most secretive of all intelligence agencies) directly to X. Personal, identifiable information that cannot be legally revealed to ANY foreign national is now on the web.

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How Orwellian can Trump get? He just forced the US Park Service to remove all references to trans people from the Stonewall Inn National Monument. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Elon Musk wants to automate almost every government function, from the Treasury to the Air Traffic Control System (which keeps the 150+ million Americans who fly each year safe) using AI. Musk also wants to own the AI. He clearly plans to own the while country. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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The same Musk minion who now has the personal information (including name, address, SSN, bank account number, and private health data) for the majority of all Americans was previously fired for leaking secrets. Let the bidding begin! www.thedailybeast.com/musks-teenag...

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This time, the judge appears to have understood the problem. The previous injunction only forbade changing the data, not changing the code. Also, the previous judge did not seem to understand that "read only" access allowed Musk's minions to make a complete copy. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Gratuitous, vicious, cruelty is at the heart of Trumpism. Make children fearful again seem to be the motto. www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/u...

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I guess I must be an alien. My ancestors arrived in the colonies in 1735, which means we are immigrants to this land even though we have lived here since before the USA existed. Under the new Trump nomenclature, I guess I must ben an alien (but without the space ship or ray gun).

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Marko Elez, one of the two Musk minions that Trump appointed as "Special Government Employees" so that they could have access the Treasury's checkbook, has publicly posted "Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool" and "I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask."

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First Trump paints a big target on every US Embassy and Consulate around the world with his plans to take over Gaza, and then Rubio decimates security at US Embassies and Consulates. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk's access to sensitive government databases. The really shocking part (in today's America) is that Treasury agreed to abide by the ruling. abcnews.go.com/US/judge-wei...

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This actual photo provides a perfect summary of what Trumpism means. At the FBI, they have literally pained over the Bureau's pledges for integrity, fairness, stability, respect, leadership and other qualities that are apparently anathema to the MAGA movement.

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Musk's takeover of the US government has now reached America's veterans. Musk's employees have now taken over all VA data, which includes the personal health, financial, family, and other history for veterans. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Democrats who support any Trump nominee -- at any level -- are collaborators (or, better written in Vichy French, collaborateurs)...

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Newly appointed deputy at USAID, Pete Marocco, instructed the State Department to get EVERY USAID employee out of their respective countries worldwide by Friday... Marocco said that if the State Department did not, the staff would be evacuated by the U.S. military. www.cbsnews.com/news/usaid-m...

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Another mark falls for Don the Con. I sincerely doubt this what Mayor Amer Ghalib of Hamtramck meant when he said that Trump is the "right choice" for Muslims and then went on the campaign trail on Trump's behalf.

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